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A CHILD’S DREAM OF A STAR
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THERE was once a child, and he strolled about a good deal, and thought of a number of things. He had a sister, who was a child too, and his constant companion. These two used to wonder all day long. They wondered at the beauty of the flowers; they wondered at the height and blueness of the sky; they wondered at the depth of the bright water; they wondered at the goodness and the power of GOD who made the lovely world.
They used to say to one another, sometimes, Supposing all the children upon earth were to die, would the flowers, and the water, and the sky be sorry? They believed they would be sorry. For, said they, the buds are the children of the flowers, and the little playful streams that gambol1 down the hill-sides are the children of the water; and the smallest bright specks2 playing at hide and seek in the sky all night, must surely be the children of the stars; and they would all be grieved to see their playmates, the children of men, no more.
There was one clear shining star that used to come out in the sky before the rest, near the church spire3, above the graves. It was larger and more beautiful, they thought, than all the others, and every night they watched for it, standing4 hand in hand at a window. Whoever saw it first cried out, ‘I see the star!’ And often they cried out both together, knowing so well when it would rise, and where. So they grew to be such friends with it, that, before lying down in their beds, they always looked out once again, to bid it good night; and when they were turning round to sleep, they used to say, ‘God bless the star!’
But while she was still very young, oh, very, very young, the sister drooped5, and came to be so weak that she could no longer stand in the window at night; and then the child looked sadly out by himself, and when he saw the star, turned round and said to the patient pale face on the bed, ‘I see the star!’ and then a smile would come upon the face, and a little weak voice used to say, ‘God bless my brother and the star!’
And so the time came all too soon! when the child looked out alone, and when there was no face on the bed; and when there was a little grave among the graves, not there before; and when the star made long rays down towards him, as he saw it through his tears.
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1 gambol | |
v.欢呼,雀跃 | |
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2 specks | |
n.眼镜;斑点,微粒,污点( speck的名词复数 ) | |
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3 spire | |
n.(教堂)尖顶,尖塔,高点 | |
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4 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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5 drooped | |
弯曲或下垂,发蔫( droop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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6 solitary | |
adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士 | |
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7 glorified | |
美其名的,变荣耀的 | |
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8 thither | |
adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的 | |
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9 forth | |
adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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10 beheld | |
v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟 | |
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11 blessing | |
n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿 | |
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12 mighty | |
adj.强有力的;巨大的 | |
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13 maiden | |
n.少女,处女;adj.未婚的,纯洁的,无经验的 | |
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14 celestial | |
adj.天体的;天上的 | |
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15 bosom | |
n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的 | |
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n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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